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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-05-12
woMeN's WORK FOR WOMEN.

While the relief committee Of San An
tonic have done all In their power for
the relief of the drouth sufferers, there
remains much more to be done and 10
different direction. The call made In
the LIGHT yesterday, for Il meeting OF
the ladies of this city who we're inter-
ested in, or would interest themselves
In the women and children who are
sufferers by tho long continued drOuth,
is move in the right direction. That
meeting in the Menger parlors this af-
ternoon should be well attended. The
ladies who have this matter under con-
sideration desire to enlist the hearty CO.
operation of their benevolent and whole
souled sisters in this city for the benefit
of the women and children who are des-
titute of so much that 10 really neces-
sary to decency, not to say comfort.
The mothers, In many OF these house,
holds, have not had the usual means for
making their families comfortable for
year or two just past, for this drouth
dance, but a year below rather than
above the average OF Texas seasons.
Many little ones have come to
the homes of these poor dur
ing the past year, for whom
no adequate provision has been made.
The mothers Of these infants have lived
on hoping against hope for the blessed
rain which should change all this, and
bring again the means of home comforts
for their little ones. Their own gar
ments have gone one by one TO ClOthe the
bodies of the children desrer to them
than their own flesh, and now this saGrl-
fee can go no farther, for it has appro-
priated all ii has to offer. This work OF
womanly relief for women, at the hands
of women, is now enlisting the sympa-
thy and the active energies of some OF
San AntOniO's noble hearted women,
who are not willing that this suffering
among the poor of their own sex should
continue without at least an effort to
mitigate and relieve 1t. The charity
proposed is one every way noble aud
cOmInendable. The spirit Of Him who
said, "lnssmuoh as We did unto one of
the least of these ye did it unto me-" is
in the movement, and the LIGHT most
heartily and feelingly offers whatever
assistance it can to forward the worthy
charity which calls the benevolent ladies
of this city in council this afternoon.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-05-12
THURSDAY, MAY II. 1887.
NEUTRAL AND NoN.coMMITTAL.

In the struggle that is being waged
for and against prohibition in this state,
the journals Of Texas have very gener-
ally taken position. 1t is a little difficult
to see how any independent thinking
journalist can do otherwise. The ques-
tiOn is one which so seriously affects So
oiety; so radically changes the relation
Of the whole beer and liquor business in
Its relations to the law; bears so hardly
upon thousands to whom beer is az
much a portion Of their daily food as is
milk or coffee; is one which calls for
such impairment interference Of the po-
lice with the private life of the family
that one hardly sees how an intelligent
journalist, with his duty as q public
teacher ever in his mind, can avoid com
ing to some conc In the premises.
That there are such Journals is evident,
from the editorial columns OF these Jour-
nails, in which the imputation OF their
taking sides either way is resented as an
injustice to them. This may all be well
in theory, but in practice it will be
found almost impossible OF adherence to.
II the idea is to hedge against the posi-
bic result, that idea is mistaken one.
Those who are expected to form and
give expression to public opinion. will
not be permitted 10 shirk their RESPONSE
bility in this way. The Weatherford
Sun has repeatedly declared that as a
democratic journal it " i'll not take sides
with either party, because the demo-
cratic party has not taken sides. All the
same, 1t finds itself tabOOed by the pro-
hibiuonists on the principle that "he
who Is not for US, is against us" As
witness the following from it's editorial
columns:
We have repeatedly stated that on the
prohibition question The Sun, AZ strictly
democratic paper, would not be con-
verted into an organ or champion of
either side OF that question. Yet, in face
OF this positive declaration, we learn
that at the late county prohibition con-
Ventlon held here a member of that
convention objected to its proceedings
being published In The Sun, because. as
he alleged, it was an anti-prohibitiOn
paper.
The WeatherfOrd Sun will find that It
cannot shine on both parties to this in
tense conflict, in which the very deeps
Of human feeling are destined to be
stirred. The fable Of the old man and
his ass, who, trying to please everybody
did not please anybody and lost his ass
in the bargain, will be repeated In the
case Of every newspaper in Texas who
sfraddles the fence in this important
uuaafinn
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EDITORIAL BREVITIEs.

CHICAGO proposes to solve the summer
fuel question and the cleanliness prob
lem, by using coke instead of coal dur
ing hot weather.
The Houston Age has evidently
struck lie. 1t offers to wager 500, 900
against a nickel that Harris county will
poll larger majority for the aDti-prO-
hibition side, than any county in the
state will poll for the prOhibs.
Sic 'em Beauregard Sic 'em jeff
Don't hold up till you lose your breff.
Davis has found his life work; belittling
the work and courage and sacrifices of
those who tried to pull his lost cause"
out of the fire.
The circle OF southern Industries en-
lsrges itself. New Orleans lie arranging
for the establishment of glass works,
and experts from Michigan City, IndI-
ana, will put in the plant.
THERE ia every reason to believe that
the coercion bill will pass. The vote by
which the government sustains its mo-
tiOns to enforce cloture leave no hope for
any other result. After coercion. what?
Let Patrick answer.
stincts Of it's party. The man who pens
its sacrillgiOus ribaldry about Judas and
Jesus, would have have been the first to
mob Jesus for providing wine at Cana.
had Cana been Waco.
MARK TWAIN is advertised to write
the "Only Authorized Life of Beeeher."
The statement lacks confirmation. The
Beecher family will hardly farm out
work which so nearly concerns them, to
strange hands.
AN Alsatian who determined never TO
serve in the German army, tattooed
himself all over with "Vive la France"
When he was conscripted he got six
months In Jail, but his name is not on
the army register.
MICHIGAN almshouse superintendent
very frequently insure the lives of their
inmates, but the practice Is not said to
be conducive to the LONGEVITY of those in
sured. There is horrible suggestive
dess about this statement, that the
mind revOlts from entertaining
GROVER was quite smitten with the
chsrmes of Queen Kspolaui. She suits
the Fat Boys ideas of avoridupOise, tip
ping the beam at little over 200
pounds. The lady evidently has solid
charms.
IT looks very much to a man on level
ground as though this anti-prohibitiOn
fight was largely the peoples fight,
versus the fanatics. The people control
the ballot box in this country. Put the
pin there.
The men who are wise after the event
are chatting the gentlemen who sent out
reports Of the volcano In the milestone
mountains, When only the woods were
on fire. There was very plausible rea-
son for their report, and they were
nearer the truth than are many Of the
specials who wire the newspapers con-
corning matters much more get-at-able.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-05-12
MOI A BIBLE QUESTION.

The discussion Of the pros and cons Of
Scripture teaching on the prohibition
question is wide Of the mark. 1t is
question for voters to determine. and
the questions which voters are called
upon to pass judgment concerning at
the polls are not questions Of religious
ethics. Religious opinions are not made
tests In other matters determined at the
polls and there Is not ghost of reason
why they should be called into play
here. 1t may be all very well for the
preachers and the women to discuss the
gospel aspects Of the wine and beer
question but the practical men of this
day will discuss and vote in the light of
lite bearing upon the rights and priyi-
leges Of the citizen, the freedom and
sacredness Of the household from spies
and informers, the effect upon estab-
llshed Industries and revenue returns.
1t is not the province OF the secular
press to discuss the question from the
biblical standpoint. The churches are
Nii ui'nueu uPOn ueHhltiOh' Inc one
bible, by the different interpretations
put upon Its utterances, has divided
christendom into hundreds Of seets. II
no agreement can be reached in these
churches on questions Of specific revela-
ten, how can any agreement be looked
for on question of diet, which every
one knows changes from age to age {?
The question Is only pettiiogged when it
is treated in this way. 1t is a question
OF the state, not Of the church; 1t is a
question Of the rights Of citizens under
the law Of the state, not question Of
the discipline of church members under
the law Of their eoelisia; it is q question
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-05-12
Bresie in the south.

Mr.. W. R. Bresie, assistant superin-
tendent for the Pacific Express COM
psny, in Decatur, has been making q
tour Of southern cities in company with
his friend, Mr.. Akin. At San Antonio
Mr.. Bresie was highly amused at the ap-
pearanGe Of the Mexicans, particularly
the dusky dudes, who will wear a two
dollar suit Of clothes and pay So 90 for
hat. The city has population of 40,O 600
There has been no rain there since Au-
gust. 1886. only a few light showers
The country is burning up; stock looks
poor and shriveled-nO pasture, nothing
green. Mr.. Bresie visited Galveston,
Dallas, Palestine, Houston and various
other points in the south, finding the
people intelligent and thrifty and the
express business generally good. He
comes home to business and his family
In improved health and spirits -Deca-
tur, Illinois, Republican.
This is about the size Of it, though we
are looking for good rains every day.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-05-12
The Correct Time.

There are few men who do not pride them
selves on having the correct time: aud won
dcrful and delicate mechanisms are devised to
enable them to do so. But the more delicate
chronomotcr is made, the more subject II be-
com ; to arrangement, and unless it bc kept
always perfectly clean, Il coon loses its use
fulnGss. What wonder then, that the human
machine - so much more delicate and in
triCatc than the work of Man - should
require to be kept thoroughly cleanscd. The
liver - the handspring of this complex struG-
ture, and ON the Impurities lett in the blood
by IA disOrdCTcd liver, depend most OF the lils
that flesh Is heir to. Even cOnsUmpt on (which
is lung-sCrOfulal, is traCCabie to the Imperfect
action of this organ. Kidney disease, skin
disease. sick headache, heat disease, drOpSy,
and long catalogue OF grave II Hlad' es have
their origin In y torpid, or sluggish liver. DR..
PierCc's Golden Medical Discovery, by cstab-
fishing Il healthy. nOmH action of the liver.
acts as n cure and preventative Of these dis
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-05-12

Texas wool-grOweTs have had a hard
time Of it for two or three years past,
which was partly their own fault, and
partly owing to a combination OF adj
verse circumstances over which they had
no control. But now that the tide has
turned their way, the very experience
Of the past few years is in their favor.
without the Intelligent study OF CUR
rounding conditions, the thorough man
agement and close economy made
necessary by the period Of great depres-
sion from which they have emerged,
they would not now be in condition TO
derive so great benefit from the i'm
proved conditions by which they find
themselves surrounded. -Texgs Stock
man and Farmer.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-05-12

Of civil and political character exclu-
sively, and not OF theological or bib
lical one. The drinking habits OF the
individual are matters for the inquisi-
tion Of churches, when the individual
accepts that inquisition and scknowl-
edges fealty to the church as member.
The laws OF the nation regulating the
sale and manufacture Of any product,
is not church concern. The imperti-
hence which NEEDLES with tie state in
Its law concerning the sale and manu-
faeture Of spirits. might with far better
reason NEEDLE with every war prepara-
ton and every measure OF public de-
fence. The bible Is far more OutspOken
against war than against drinking, II
that Is to be the criterion. The LIGHT
believes in settling this question out
side OF the bible, where 1t does not be-
long; and, inside state considerations,
where it does belong. The voters OF
this state are not in the habit OF regu-
lating their exercise OF the franchise on
accepted or disputed biblical grounds.
Nine tenths of them are not bible read
ers. 1t is folly to lug the church and
the scriptures into this controversy. If
the result shall be that the old book is
dragged into the slime aud the churches
with it, the offence will rest with those
who have taken them out Of their place
and thrust them into the thick Of fight
over dirty police regulation, which the
prohibitIonists have endeavOred to
make universal because five per cent. OF
the population may possibly be benefit
eu by IL
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-05-12
A TONGUE IN KNOTS.

| contracted malaria in the swamps of Louis
lana while working for the Telegraph com
pany, and used every kind OF medicine |
could hear of without relief ! at last sue
ceodcd i'm breaking the fever, but it cost me
over 500 %, and then my system WAS pros
trutcd and saturated with malaria poison and
became almost helpless. finally came here,
my mouth so filed with sores that could
scarcely eat, and my tongue raw and filled
with little knots. Various remedies were re-
of Is. q. b. ana it has cured and strengthened
me. All sores OF my mouth are hCHcd ami
my tongue entirely clear of knots and sore
ness, and feel like a new man.
Jackson, Tenn, April 70, 1856.
A. Y. PRITTON
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-05-12

son Dit'': The San Antonio cores
pendent of the BlancO Star Vindicator
writes TO his paper as follows: IL was
talking to an Austin gentleman the
other day, when the Canteld episode
came up. WAS there much indigna-
ton over the failing of Garfield by the
house," we asked. The reply was, No,
the only mistake the legislature made
was they sent Garfield to the wrong
place. He should have been cent to the
lunatiO asylum"
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A Remarkable!Cure of scrofula.

VIM. S. Baker, of Lewis, YigO county, Ind,
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We tried several physicians, but the boy got
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A Memory of Eary Days.
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STIFF JOINTS.
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X P. Endowment Rank.

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section 632, are hereby notified that their
assessments and dues for May are now
due, and must be paid before the 18th TO
avoid suspension. I. b. JOHNSON.
Off Secretary.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-05-12

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Livery Stables and Hacks Connected

~ Hacks Nos. 10, II, L. -, "a, Is. Under
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Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-09-28
CCCAi- 6RSWT;ES,

Officer john Cashin has moved from No.
50 Vine street to No Is west North street
Judge John c. Miller has been called to
keokuk, Iowa, by the serious illness OF his
sister
Mr.. George Winters. superintendent Of
bridges on the l. B. X W., is in the city
today.
Miss Gertrude Thompson. Of Columbus
is visiting Miss Lula Cousins, of Winter
street.
Regular meeting of the Flower Nj sion
tomorrow morning at ' O'clock. Room No.
4 Blacks opera house.
Officer Fred Mast, who has been con
& sed to his home for several days by a bill
ious attack. is able again to be out.
Miss Anna Cassidy, Of MeiSs street. is
entertaining Miss Mamie Shanahan. Que Of
Springtield's most charming young ladies'
Dayton Herald.
Dr. and Mrs. r. b. House. of is cast
High street, are entertaining Miss Elida
James. q very brilliant young lady Of Te
cumseh. Mich.
One Of Russell & Sons wagons, loaded
with gravel, broke down in front Of tht
postoffice about II O'Clock this morning
The driver attempted to cross the street ca
track and the front axle broke short in two